Grade 7 Reading Virginia SOL - Literary Devices and Concepts

Which literary device involves the use of exaggeration for emphasis or effect?

• Simile

• Metaphor

• Hyperbole

• Personification

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

In poetry, what term describes the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables?

• Rhyme scheme

• Meter

• Alliteration

• Assonance

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.7.10

CCSS.RL.7.5

What is the term for a brief reference to a historical or literary figure, event, or place?

• Foreshadowing

• Flashback

• Allusion

• Anecdote

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

Which of the following best describes the difference between mood and tone in literature?

• Mood is the author's attitude, tone is the reader's feeling

• Mood is the atmosphere of the story, tone is the author's attitude

• Mood is the theme, tone is the plot

• Mood is the setting, tone is the conflict

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.5.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.4

Which literary technique involves hinting at future events in a story?

• Flashback

• Foreshadowing

• Exposition

• Denouement

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5

What is the difference between denotation and connotation?

• Denotation is figurative meaning, connotation is literal meaning

• Denotation is emotional meaning, connotation is dictionary meaning

• Denotation is dictionary meaning, connotation is emotional or cultural meaning

• Denotation is cultural meaning, connotation is personal meaning

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CCSS.RL.6.4

CCSS.RL.7.4

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RI.7.4

CCSS.RI.8.4

Which of the following is an example of dramatic irony?

• A character says the opposite of what they mean
  

• The reader knows something important that the characters don't
  

• 
  An unexpected event occurs at the end of the story
  

• The author directly addresses the reader

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CCSS.RL.2.10

CCSS.RL.2.2

CCSS.RL.2.3

CCSS.RL.4.3

CCSS.RL.4.4

Which point of view allows the narrator to switch between different characters' thoughts and feelings?

• First-person

• Second-person

• Third-person limited

• Third-person omniscient

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CCSS.RL.5.6

CCSS.RL.6.6

CCSS.RL.7.6

CCSS.RL.8.6

CCSS.RL.1.6

What is the difference between static and round characters?

• Static characters are main characters, round characters are minor

• Static characters don't change, round characters are complex and change

• Static characters are antagonists, round characters are protagonists

• Static characters are fictional, round characters are based on real people

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3

Which literary device involves the use of contradictory terms together?

• Paradox

• Oxymoron

• Antithesis

• Euphemism

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.5.3

CCSS.RL.5.5